Graduation weekend

Graduation weekend was so much fun. Bryce's mom and dad came out from Chicago to see their wonderful son graduate. We also took a trip to the air museum the Idaho history museum craters of the moon and the old nuclear power station. Now the serious work has begun and we are packing like mad men so that we are ready to move on Friday August 1st. Now for the pictures because they are my favorite part!
Robert wants to be just like Daddy so when he saw daddy's cap he had to put it on.
Robert and Grandpa at the airplane Museum

Yeah daddy did it. we are so proud of you Bryce!!!
Bryce and his parents at graduationAll of us together. Thanks Shaun for taking this for us!All of the graduating mechanical engineers (well those at graduation)

Bryce and his Buddy Matt. We will miss you Matt!
The graduation Picture that everyone takes
Robert and Grandma at the Idaho Museum in Pocatello
I'm going to impress grandpa and figure out how to work this
Brittany I saw this sign and thought of you. Thanks for the Dilbert video it made this sign even funnier. My mother in law and I were joking around that it was from this that the term the knack came to be.

The view from the top of one of the volcano mounds in the craters of the moon national park

So this was the weekend that took us until Wednesday to fully recover from and now we are going into full packing mode. I probably wont post again until we are set up in our new home in the wonderful state of Washington. I want to tell all of my friends how much I love you. You are the best friends a girl could have. To my family you mean the world to me and I can't wait until I see you guys again. I know it wont be for a while but I still look forward to it.

Utah Stuff

Over the fourth of July weekend we went to Utah for my family reunion, and two sealings. The first was for my brother ans sister to be sealed to my parents and the second was for another of my sisters who got married. It was a great weekend. Seeing my family was so much fun. They are a blast to spend time with. Here are pictures to highlight the trip being as pictures say more than words. The only thing I don't have pictures of is my visit to see my cousin. He is home now and continues with therapy and we are so proud of him and his family they are such fighters.

This is my niece Rebecca at the pre fourth of July fireworks show at the Canyons in park City.
Robert Dancing with Rebecca at the same party.
Robert and his Uncle Coby on their way to get food with mommy.The guys preparing for the family reunion.

My mom talking to family members and having a good time. I love you mom!
This is my great aunt Lisa. She started the biggest water fight at the family reunion and had all the older kids (her brothers and sisters) dumping water on people. I stayed out of it.

Robert and Rebecca playing in the water together. He really loves you Rebecca!
Don't eat her face Chris you will get lunch soon!
This is Rebecca with my cousin Clayton. And just so everyone knows he is an awesome guy. I would not have made it when I lived in Utah without him. He was also a big help when Bryce came home befoore my sisters wedding because he had classes. Clayton stepped in and helped me with Robert and was there to cheer me up when I started to miss Bryce (which didn't take long). Clayton will always have a special place in our hearts and dude you are welcome to come and visit anytime!!
This is my other niece Elizabeth with her mom Ashley. They will be moving to Rexburg to finish school either next month or the beginning of September.
And this is my one and only (for the time being) nephew Christopher. Isn't he sweet!!

Lots of pictures I know but they are the best way to remember parts of my life. For me pictures hold lots of memories and are glimpses into my past.

Life it is never as fun as the game

So all I can say is life goes on. This last week or so has been very long. My cousin was in an accident around the time of Robert's birthday. HE was flown to Children's Memorial in Salt Lake city and is still there. On the 26th he woke up from the coma he was in but still does not have control over all of his body. He is having a hard time with that but can not voice it being as he still has not been able to speak since everything happened. We love him very much and pray for him every day. That was the bad/ sad/ hard to handle news. Then there is the stressful stuff like the fact we are moving in about a month and I have not started to pack. Yeah panic mode kinda set in when I realized that. Then there is the Taylor family reunion this weekend so that takes more time away from other things I should be doing. Bryce will be coming home from it by himself being as my sister decided to get married on my husband's birthday. Now I wont see him until dinner on his birthday. I am so going to have to make it up to him some how. Oh and funny thing we are leaving for the reunion tomorrow and I have as of yet to pack everything. I finally got my list for the trip made yesterday. So I will probably not get sleep just so that we are ready to go. I did however finish all of my little projects that I had to get done for this blessed event. I am happy to be going. I am just stressed because of everything I still have to get done so that we are ready to go. That and Bryce graduates in two and a half weeks and I just yesterday got the announcements for it finished so that I could send them out. If it gets to people late I am at a point that I can't so anything about it so I may as well not worry about it. Well until after the reunion have fun and stay cool.